How the Bronx is Fighting Food Insecurity During a Pandemic
How local nonprofits work with the city to bring healthy produce to the Bronx
How local nonprofits work with the city to bring healthy produce to the Bronx
Bronx residents are hopeful about the La Central housing project, but wary that it comes with complications
[caption id="attachment_19264" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Most of the artists at the second edition Bronx Art Expo have a strong connection with the borough, like Dova, a painter shown behind the desk. (Nicolas Lupo/NYCityLens)[/caption] Alejandro Tavarez didn´t expect to sell much early in the afternoon, but not even two hours after the exhibition started he barely had time to talk to visitors. Instead, he was on his knees, picking T-shirts and jumpers from below the table. “Give me the brown one,” someone demanded, as Tavarez pulled clothes from a box. “To see so many local people attending an exhibit for the Bronx community,” said
When New York real estate giants Somerset Partners and Chetrit Group first announced their joint investment in a multi-million dollar South Bronx waterfront development last year, Bronx locals were skeptical of the plan.
An inside story of the stress, paranoia, and distrust at the fourth school to close under Mayor Bill de Blasio
A new neighborhood plan aims to rebuild trust between police and the community
About 5,200 school safety agents, a branch of the NYPD, patrol New York City’s public schools, making them one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the country. Critics say having so many agents in schools is setting kids up for jail.
A sense of home away from home is what Principal Nieves is trying to create for students.
In an area struggling with poverty, one resident learns that there is no shame in asking for temporary help.
The sale of the Bronx General Post Office has split local opinion as gentrification looms.
Public defender Shaf’on Venable wants to make a difference in her clients' lives.
With his pet Cockatiels and an apartment full of New York artifacts, Sam Goodman is not your ordinary politician.
All you need in late August is a couple of bicycles and a place to race them.
For years, this southwest Bronx neighborhood has outsourced its middle schoolers to classrooms outside the hilly enclave rising up to the west of the Grand Concourse. After eight years of petitions to the Department of Education for a school of their own, this year a few local parents got the chance to send their kids to nearby Highbridge, the city's first LEED-certified green school.